Via Culinaria - seven pathways through Salzburg's Cuisine

Time for the 2nd Edition of Via Culinaria   

Seven culinary pathways and 200 culinary addresses in SalzburgerLand

 Since 2009, gourmets and aficionados of good taste have been out and about on the Via Culinaria in SalzburgerLand. Seven culinary theme routes lead out through all tourism regions, and to select culinary addresses. This year’s brochure now appears in its 2nd edition: Supplemented by new culinary highlights, bookable packages and great tips for day trips.

 The popular Via Culinaria places the variety of Salzburg regional products squarely at the forefront, uniquely intertwining a SalzburgerLand holiday with good taste and the joys of food. Due to the uniquely broad and diverse array of internationally acclaimed restaurants, alpine huts, organic farms, food producers and overall enjoyment opportunities, it is possible to embark on culinary journeys here year-round. With two years now “in the books”, the comprehensive brochure now appears in its second edition.

New from the Via Culinaria
In its second edition, the Via Culinaria features over 200 culinary highlights, all of which have been tested and carefully selected by a Salzburg gourmet journalist. The number of our province’s restaurants awarded the prestigious “toques” of Gault Millau has increased in recent years, now having amassed a total of 105 spread amongst numerous dining establishments. The culinary pathway for gourmets alone has added four new addresses. Also new are the bookable Via Culinaria packages: available for every Salzburg region, they also include touring suggestions allowing you to explore the Via Culinaria in one or three days.

The Seven Culinary Pathways of the Via Culinaria  

• The Culinary Pathway for Gourmets
  The Culinary Pathway for Gourmets assembles the best kitchens in the entire province, from the traditional country inn to the suave city restaurant, from the modern designer eatery to the romantic lakeshore terrace. An exclusive selection of Salzburg’s top restaurants, including two four-toque establishments. With Restaurant Esszimmer and Restaurant Bruno Nuovo in Salzburg City, Restaurant Weyringer in Neumarkt and
  Restaurant-Hotel Sonnhof in St. Veit, four new addresses now add to the culinary variety.
   
• The Culinary Pathway for Meat-Eaters  
  SalzburgerLand’s meat specialties are world-famous. Take, for example, Pinzgau beef, the high-quality foundation of a classic Tafelspitz or a Schulterscherzel. At this pathway’s 14 addresses, imaginative master butchers, award-winning chefs and regional cooks turn Tennengau mountain lamb, Pongau wild game, hill-country pork and goat-kid into dishes of the very best. Especially flavourful are the ever-popular bacon and sausage specialties such as Pinzgau bacon, cured in apple pomace, and Almwuschz’n with wild honey.
   
• The Culinary Pathway for Fish Fans
  The Culinary Pathway for Fish Fans has also added one new highlight: Gasthof Bräurup in Mittersill rounds things up to a full dozen. SalzburgerLand boasts a considerable number of chefs who have perfectly mastered the careful preparation of regional fish specialties. Whether Salkammergut whitefish or Bluntau char, as a soup or jellied, or perhaps smoked trout savored on the shores of lake Fuschlsee: Enjoyment of the fish is complemented by a good glass of wine, along with a perfect backdrop of mountains and lakes.
   
• The Culinary Pathway for Beer and Schnapps Aficionados
  Beer has been brewed in Salzburg City for over 500 years.  Those who wish to devote themselves to enjoyment of exceptional beers, will encounter a wide variety of breweries, beers and exceptional specialties, such as the world’s only organic beer, brewed according to stringent Demeter guidelines. With the aid of a new guide, beer lovers in and around Salzburg can set out on a journey of discovery on the trail of Salzburg’s beer culture. Whilst inns and restaurants allow diners to sample special dishes such as Maltman’s Hash, Brewmaster’s Griddle, beer dumplings and hops cake, the very best distillers of the land conjure up the likes of bock-beer brandy, and rowanberry or pine schnapps.
   
• The Culinary Pathway for Sweet Tooths
  At these 15 carefully selected culinary addresses along the Sweet-Tooths Tour, visitors are able to indulge their yearning for an array of sweets: Fans of pastries, cakes and pies can wend their way through the SalzburgerLand, from patisserie to patisserie, from café to café. These include numerous tradition-rich coffee houses, such as Café Tomaselli and Café Fürst in Salzburg City, along with exceptional ice-cream cafes such as those in St. Gilgen, Mattsee and in Golling. And let us not forget the praline paradise that is Berger Feinste Confiserie in Lofer.
   
• The Culinary Pathway for Cheese Freaks
  Here in SalzburgerLand, cheese is held in the highest regard:  from Pinzgau beer cheese to Tennengau Almkäse, to the goat-cheese specialties of the Lungau. 13 addresses – farmhouse cheeseries, delicatessens and restaurants – all dedicated to our domestic specialty cheeses, with a selection that grows from one year to the next. This selection has now been joined by Summastoa semi-soft cheese and six-month-ripened Hochwieser hill cheese. At the hill cheeseries of the Tennengau, a cheese sommelier will even help visitors discover the hidden secrets behind exceptional cheeses.
   
• The Culinary Pathway for Hut Lovers
  The culinary magic of Salzburg’s alpine huts is the result of the wonderful titbits featured in wild-game and beef specialties, crispy-fresh salads, homemade soups, along with exquisite cakes and pies. It is not rare for the ingredients and items to come from their very own farm, including homemade cheeses and breads, and pastries right out of the oven. However the mood takes them, hut gourmets are able to indulge their passion at 18 culinary stops along the Hut-Lovers Tour, at huts rich in tradition or in modern mountain lounges where enjoyment is what it is all about.

Culinary Journey to Salzburg’s Markets
Salzburg culinary journalist and author, Doris Maier, strolls and samples every week at the  Salzburg Schrannenmarkt on Mirabell square and at the Grünmarkt on university square. If she asked, she is more than happy to accompany guests who share her interests – recounting the history of these markets, sampling products at one stand after another, and charming the occasional culinary secret out of the merchants. Further information about strolls through the Schranne (Thursday) and the Grünmarkt (Saturday) are available at dorismaier@aon.at.

 10 Outstanding Genussregionen in SalzburgerLand
SalzburgerLand is the ultimate in so many regards: with more Gault Millau chefs standing at stoves here than anywhere else in Austria, and more than 50% organic farmers, our province’s leading role is undisputed Europe-wide. Ten outstanding Genussregionen are waiting to be discovered here in SalzburgerLand. They interweave exceptional specialties with regional roots, and are thus the best evidence of the outstanding culinary experiences to come. Salzburg’s ten outstanding Genussregionen include vegetables from Wals, hay-milk cheese from the Flachgau, Salzkammergut whitefish, Tennengau Almkäse cheese, Tennengau hill-country lamb, Bramberg fruit juice, Pinzgau beer cheese, Pinzgau goat meat, Pinzgau beef and the Lungau Eachtling (a potato variety). www.genuss-region.at

Via Culinaria Culinary Packages
Whether a sweet-tooth, a meat lover or a gourmet, along the seven Culinary Pathways of the Via Culinaria, everyone finds their own piece of epicurean paradise. Ten outstanding vacation packages invite guests to embark on a culturo-culinary journey of discovery through SalzburgerLand:

• Culinary Package “From Jam Magician to Herb Fairy”
  Just as precious as your holiday time, are those Lungau specialties and culinary addresses where gourmets find just what they have been looking for. The Lungau’s Via Culinaria culinary package includes 3 nights at a ***hotel/inn incl. breakfast, a delicious Lungau meal at Gasthof “Andlwirt” or “Brunnwirt”, a 4-course gourmet meal at Restaurant “Mesnerhaus” or “Die Stub’n”, one visit to Trausners Genusswerkstatt and another to the Trimminger organic farm in Tamsweg. The package is bookable from the beginning of June until the end of September for as little as 189 Euro per person (double occupancy). Info: Lungau Region | T: +43/(0)6477/8988 | www.lungau.at
   
• “Culinary Pathway Hohe Tauern” Package
  The “Culinary Pathway Hohe Tauern” package offers holidaymakers with gourmet tastes days filled epicurean enjoyment in the Hohe Tauern National Park Region. Two gourmet menus, offered at participating restaurants in the region, give the palate a true treat. During a visit to Hohe Tauern National Park Worlds or during a hike with the National Park ranger (optional), guests are introduced to the wealth of species within the National Park. A visit to the Anton Wallner Bräu brewery, incl. a beer tasting, or to the Pletzer chocolate factory (optional) adds the perfect finishing touch to this truly enjoyable vacation offer. Price per person at a ****hotel from 199 Euro, at a ***hotel from 149 Euro. Info: Hohe Tauern National Park Region | T: +43/(0)6562/40939 | www.nationalpark.at
   
• Culinary Package: “The Wishing Table” in the Salzburger Sportwelt
  Nature, sports, recreation, outstanding culinary experiences – the eight resort communities of the Salzburger Sportwelt region (Flachau, Wagrain, St. Johann-Alpendorf, Radstadt, Altenmarkt-Zauchensee, Filzmoos, Eben and Kleinarl) offer their guests a very rich and varied vacation program.
  2 nights at Hotel Hubertus in Filzmoos, owned by Johanna Maier, a gourmet dinner menu in the evening, a tour of the pine distillery and Dachstein Distillery at the Mandlberggut, as well as a cooking course with 4-toque chef, Johanna Maier, bookable from 578 Euro per person, depending on availability. Info: Hotel Hubertus | Johanna & Dietmar Maier | T: +43/(0)6453/8204 | www.hotelhubertus.at
  
  This and seven other bookable Via Culinaria holiday packages can be found on the website www.via-culinaria.com. 

• Information & Orders

The new, updated guide to the Via Culinaria provides a good overview of the seven Culinary Pathways, the entire culinary spectrum, and highlights from Salzburg’s regions. An supplemental folding map, showing routes and culinary milestones, makes it even easier to get your bearings. The guide also contains sightseeing attractions, background stories, holiday packages, touring tips and contact information for all participating Via Culinaria businesses. This culinary package can be ordered free of charge at www.via-culinaria.com.

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